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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of people does Starr tell the television interviewer that she wishes the cops would stop making assumptions about?
(a) Young people.
(b) Black people.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Civilians.

2. When Starr rightly accuses Khalil of selling crack cocaine, what two necessities does he say he had tired of choosing between?
(a) Milk money and bus fare.
(b) Lights and food.
(c) Heat and light.
(d) Food and gas.

3. What food does Hailey mention in her comment to Starr on the basketball court that offends Starr?
(a) Pancake syrup.
(b) Fried chicken.
(c) Rice.
(d) Watermelon.

4. When one of the policemen allows Maverick to rise from the sidewalk but tells him he will be keeping an eye on him, what name does he add to the end of his warning?
(a) Son.
(b) Boss.
(c) Gangsta.
(d) Boy.

5. How many bedrooms does Starr reveal to Chris that her family's old apartment in the projects had contained?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ryan always call Starr as the running joke they share?

2. What detail does Starr forget to tell the detectives during her initial interview?

3. What does April Ofrah say she will begin her work for Starr by doing?

4. Who does Lisa call with an invitation to come over to her house after the sounds of machine guns have been heard in the neighborhood?

5. What does the detective call the event of Khalil's death that causes Starr to correct her, saying, "You mean the night he was killed?" (97).

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